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  6. Education, vol. 2, no. 2
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dc.contributor.authorCalleja, A. P.-
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-27T08:18:44Z-
dc.date.available2020-02-27T08:18:44Z-
dc.date.issued1985-
dc.identifier.citationCalleja, A. P. (1985). Smallness and infinity in mathematics : an intuitive approach. Education, 2(2), 22-24.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/51902-
dc.description.abstractThe widespread availability of pocket calculators has widened the domain of possible investigations at certain levels in mathematics, in the secondary school classroom no less than in the university lecture-room. Most school boys and girls use the calculator and many of them may have asked what is the meaning of the letter e which appears on the key ex. This article is intended to explain the background which is necessary to understand the meaning of e and it is hoped that the numerical value of 2.718 assigned to e will no longer remain mysterious to readers who are non mathematicians. A knowledge of the realistic fractions e.g. that 1/6 is less than 1/4 , is the kind of mathematics required to follow the discussion.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherUniversity of Malta. Faculty of Educationen_GB
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_GB
dc.subjectInfiniteen_GB
dc.subjectFractions -- Study and teachingen_GB
dc.subjectEuler's numbersen_GB
dc.subjectMathematics -- Study and teachingen_GB
dc.titleSmallness and infinity in mathematics : an intuitive approachen_GB
dc.typearticleen_GB
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dc.description.reviewedpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.publication.titleEducationen_GB
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